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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Corporate Knights

Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. But after investment markets recovered from the 2008 financial crash, asset managers enthusiastically embraced sustainable investing to raise client money under the ESG banner. trillion in 2014. Sustainable assets as reported by the US SIF tripled to $17.1

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Red Light, Green Light

Chris Hall

But here, too, progress has stuttered.

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Momentum Building on the Path to 2050

Chris Hall

Europe’s key markets In the EU, the 2020 green taxonomy kicked off a new wave of sustainable investment by defining common standards, increasing market transparency and defining economic activities most needed for the transition, in line with the European Green Deal objectives.

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Hurdles to Growth of Green Islamic Finance

Chris Hall

As sukuk are linked to assets that may be eligible for green and social projects, they will become vital tools to fund the UN SDGs,” said Shrey Kohli, Director, Head of Debt Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange, and Chair of the HLWG on Green and Sustainability Sukuk. Future growth potential in Gulf.

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Can Taxonomies Mobilise Capital for Indonesia’s Coal Phase-out?

Chris Hall

Based on a 2014 study , virtually no CFPP would qualify, even with carbon capture and storage. If these transition coal assets will not be green in the future, how can they be considered green under the current TSC?

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Passive ESG Strategies Have Momentum – Morningstar

Chris Hall

According to a recent Global Sustainable Fund Flows report , passive strategies represent almost a quarter of ESG fund assets globally, but they also account for most of the most popular ‘greeninvestment vehicles.

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Navigating EHS and Sustainability in 2025: What to Expect From the Incoming U.S. Administration

3BL Media

BBC reported : With energy watchdog the International Energy Agency reporting that global investment in clean technology is running at double the size of coal, oil and gas in 2024, the new U.S. administration might not want to drive this type of green investment into other, more eager countries.